Hi All Just doing some research on Pte Kennedy above who is commemorated on the Wantage War Memorial in Oxfordshire (then Berkshire) and sadly...
Having spent a lot of time today compiling what follows - for a local Remembrance Day project - by accessing the diary entries made available...
Hi Pals, I'm researching Lt Harold Desmond Jack of the IGS. He died 6 April 1943 but I'm drawing a blank on further info. Was he a PoW?...
Hi Pals, 2IC but I'm drawing a blank on further details of his military career. Died 23 March 1945 and remembered on the Rangoon Memorial. If...
Just looking for confirmation if the actor Noel Coleman is one of the same as Capt. Noel Philip Coleman, 7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment, 74...
"Jungle warfare, consisting as it does of lonely treks and skirmishes - demands the highest degree of courage on the part of each individual"...
An Indian author who I follow has published a short article, referring to mainly Indian books, on this episode in the Burma campaign, although the...
I'll admit, this thread may well belong in the "India/Burma" section, but for me there is no better place it can sit than "The Lounge Bar" here....
Hi there just joined. Looking for info that will help me find the gaps in my dad's war story in Burma. He was a signalman and before he died in...
Lt Col Roberts was commissioned into the 67th Field Regt Malvern 266 Battery at about the same time as Major Tom Averill. They served together in...
Hello all, I'm not sure whether this is a good place to start but I'd appreciate any help that might be available from forum members on the...
I need a bit of help deciphering an entry please. Can anybody make out what the entry dated 12-6-43 is and what it means? It looks like '2 Bm' to...
Hi I'm looking for the Arm of Service plate used by British Indian Army 20th Division in 1944/45. With particular interest for the Combat...
Hello, does anybody know anything about 10 Base Workshop, REME based at Avadi, India ? I can't find anything online so any info, pointers or...
Good morning, I was wondering if anyone has a copy of the missing personnel file for the Seaforth Highlanders? I’m researching CPL 2816757 C...
Sorting out my study at the moment and came across some old copies of 'Medal News'. Anthony (Tony) Sudlow wrote a page for them in the 80s and...
I could be completely wide of the mark here but in my experience stranger things have been uncovered on this site ! I found the attached...
Award Military Medal Pte. William Dodd, 2nd Bn The Royal Berkshire Regiment, 98 Indian Infantry Brigade, 19 Indian Division, 33 Corps (14340725)...
Personal Number: 70341 Rank: Major Name: Thomas David FREEMAN-MITFORD Unit: 11 King's Royal Rifle Corps attached 1 Devonshire Regiment London...
Personal Number: 52589 Rank: Captain Name: William Trevelyan KEVILL-DAVIES, MC, MiD Unit: Hussars London Gazette : 1 April 1941...
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